Prettyboy Reservoir Bathymetry Data

PLEASE NOTE: These images and data are for illustration purposes only. Do not use these documents for navigation, legal purposes, or anything really important. They were created only to illustrate our publications and are not accurate enough to be used for any other purposes. You may use them as illustrations only and you must give credit to Maryland Geological Survey.

The Prettyboy Reservoir bathymetric map is based on surveys
conducted by Maryland Geological Survey in November 1997. The contour interval
is 10 feet. The shoreline was digitized by the U.S. Geological Survey from
1994 digital orthophotoquadranlges. We do not yet have paper copies available
of this map. When paper copies are available we will update this page with
information on how to obtain them. If you have access to a large-format color
printer you can print this map yourself from the PDF file.

This map is part of Maryland Geological Survey's Gunpowder Watershed study. The study examines the bathymetry and sedimentation of the Prettyboy and Loch Raven reservoirs. A final report for this study is now available online. See Bathymetric Survey and Sedimentation Analysis of Loch Raven and Prettyboy Reservoirs for an abstract and downloadable files. For other online publications, see the C&E Geology online publications page.

A
graph of Prettyboy Reservoir capacity versus water level is included in this
report. The graph indicates how the volume and surface area of the changes
as the water level changes.

The Prettyboy Reservoir Bathymetric Map PDF file size is 1.5
megabytes. To view or download this map click on the image to the right or click here.